Defending NEWHA champion St. Anselm has been tabbed by the league’s coaches as the preseason favorite to repeat as 2020 champions.
The 2019-20 season will be the NEWHA’s first as a Division I conference.
The Hawks, who collected five first-place votes, finished 25-3-1 overall a season ago and went an unblemished 15-0-1 in league play. They posted back-to-back shutouts in the league’s championship tournament to secure their first NEWHA title in February.
Last season’s second-place finisher from the regular season, Sacred Heart, collected the remaining first-place vote and was picked to finish second.
| School | Points (First-place votes) |
|---|---|
| 1. St. Anselm | 25 (5) |
| 2. Sacred Heart | 21 (1) |
| 3. Franklin Pierce | 15 |
| 4. Long Island | 14 |
| 5. St. Michael's | 8 |
| 6. Post | 7 |